Behind the names: Berry Chapel
June 20, 2019With its large, symmetrical windows and white steeple stretching high, Berry Chapel has served as a campus landmark since 1962. It is a favorite sketch subject for Ouachita’s aspiring artists, but it is also a place – more than a building – etched in the memories of countless Ouachita students.
It's been an honor: How Ouachita's Honors Program led me to pursue law and serve Arkansas
June 19, 2019When I was 14 years old, I knew I had to go to a place that I had only just heard of: Ouachita Baptist University. Over the course of a summer, I realized I felt called to go into ministry. I only knew a few others who shared my call, and each one of them desired to go to “OBU.” I saw spiritual leader after spiritual leader attend Ouachita, and my own path was made clear. While my academic numbers made any college in the country an option, my heart only chose one: Ouachita.
Faculty profile: Barbara Pemberton - Interdisciplinary focus, religious lens
May 15, 2019If you were to play two truths and a lie with Dr. Barbara Pemberton, you would probably lose. Facts about her you would guess are untrue would turn out to be the truth – like how she once took a group of Ouachita students to Saudi Arabia, where she and her husband lived for a time. Or how she belongs to the International Society for the Study of New Religions. Or how her latest religious analysis is a book review on drone metal and spirituality.
Ouachita's 2019 Issues in Christian Counseling Conference discusses family issues
March 01, 2019Ouachita Baptist University’s Pruet School of Christian Studies hosted the ninth annual Conference on Issues in Christian Counseling on Friday, Feb. 22, on Ouachita’s campus.
Ouachita to host ninth annual Conference on Issues in Christian Counseling
February 21, 2019Ouachita Baptist University’s Pruet School of Christian Studies will host the ninth annual Conference on Issues in Christian Counseling on Friday, Feb. 22, in Walker Conference Center on Ouachita’s campus.
A prayer for place: Dedicating Berry-Peeples Bible Building
January 16, 2019Dr. John McCallum, pastor of First Baptist Church of Hot Springs and chair of Ouachita’s Board of Trustees, offered this prayer at the dedication service for the newly renovated Berry-Peeples Bible Building on Sept. 27, 2018.
Ouachita senior L.J. Brooks remembered for his life of service and leadership
December 02, 2012L.J. Brooks, a popular and influential student leader at Ouachita Baptist University, died unexpectedly Dec. 2 following a brief hospitalization at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock.